El Nayar Bakery

This is a local Mexican bakery. It's hidden in plain sight. It's not much to pook at but it has some hidden treasures if you both to look.I get my tamales here year round. I've been going here for years. They always do a good job on the tamales.The prices have gotten high. I think I paid $30 per dozen recently.It may not look like much but they serve good tamales and fresh taco plates on some evenings.Word to the wise you may want to bring one of your friends who speaks Spanish if you don't.

I have been coming here for years, when I first started coming the tamales were a lot cheaper $, but I understand inflation. However it's VERY expensive for 1 dozen now, especially the beef. Also it is important to note that the quality of the tamale has gone down and is mostly masa and a very small amount of meat. As much as I love masa sometimes it's way too much. Their Pan is ok, a little dry the past couple times. Their salsa's are really good,green is my favorite but has also become very very pricey and seems to be watered down quite a bit. Unfortunately I don't come as often anymore or suggest them anymore, because the last few people I did couldn't believe the prices and small amount of meat. I only go here on super occasion now, as they are really the only place to get tamales in Redlands. Hopefully one day they make a comeback.

Bought masa for tamales and it was a great outcome for it being my first time making tamales . The masa was good and the service was fast. Cashier was very nice and helpful, she answered my questions about the corn husks. Will definitely be back

Just picked up some beef tamales for church and what do you know, the price for a dozen has gone up to $30. I'm thinking wow, these must be loaded with meat. Sorry to say, you get expensive masa and a little bit of meat. Not buying there again.

My mom was craving pan dulce so we check yelp to see if there was a local bakery and El Nayar showed up. It's a older, small bakery with limited variety on pan dulce, but they also offer flour and corn tortillas, tamales and menudo on the weekends. My mom decided on a few different breads and said they were good but a little dry. I picked a few for the hubby including and empanada with creme which he split with me and it was okay, not what I'm use to but still good. He agreed with my mom the other items he had were flavorful but dry.

What happened this Christmas 2023? That two 2 doz of Pork Tamales I purchased Were Very Terrible All DRY full of Dry Masa, and it ruined our Christmas Dinner Party! I was going to go down there and Complain and ask for my Money Back, but its too much Drama. So the reason for the Post. Get another Cook. You lose customers. I'm one of them. Good Luck!

El Nayar's Bakery brings back memories of past bakeries I have been to: straight-forward, unpretentious and very affordable.This morning we tried 2 sweet breads (pan dulce). In the picture, the top bread is concha and the bottom cookie is polvorones.The concha is a small semi-sweet loaf, white and very light breading. Concha means shell in Spanish, which is what this bread looks like. The distinctive topping is made primarily from shortening, confectioner sugar and flour. This makes for a sweet, tasty topping. The concha at Nayar's is very typical of what I have had in many, many places.Polvorones is a whole class of cookies. Polvo in Spanish means powder or dust. As with these cookies, they crumble quite easily. They have a very mild flavor; the variation in color here is a result of coloring. They are semi-sweet and good with a cup of coffee.We ate them on their patio, which in the morning had plenty of shade and was set back enough to be away from the traffic.

My family has been purchasing El Nayar's homemade flour tortillas for YEARS. The staff is friendly and the quality is perfection. Literally can't buy store bought tortillas anymore, after having their tortillas. El Nayar also sells pan dulce-the piggy's are the cheddar. If you show up on a early weekend morning-your get the pick of the lot, and they're WARM and FRESH. Next time you're in the Redlands area and are making breakfast burritos-please pay a visit to El Nayar and snag some homemade flour tortillas!

The first and last time going here. Bread was a good portion size, but it was so dry you could choke on it. Tamales were mostly masa, with a small portion of meat in it. Wasn't bad tasting, more bland. Lady who was behind the counter wasn't very friendly but kept the place clean.

Fix your MENUDO!! I had to add flavor when I got home and that shouldn't happen. It's not a factory line.